How Does Walton Use Letters In Frankenstein

I think that Frankenstein starts off cleverly with the use of letters which creates a nice introduction through a frame tale. In my opinion, Walton, being at the beginning of this novel, serves the purpose of setting the theme for this book and creates a great nativite hook which draws the reader in. When comparing Walton to Victor, there are definitely some similarities but also they have some differences too. Walton is portrayed as an ambitious explorer through the background given through his letters to his sister. We learn that he spent six years trying to get this voyage and is putting himself on the line. Despite the hard ice and constant challenges of the bitter cold, he keeps pressing on to try to find a passage to North America and

As a kid I grew up under the false assumption that Frankenstein was the actual name of the monster but this is obviously not the case, nevertheless, it begs the question: is Frankenstein a monster in his own way? To answer the question who the real monster is in this novel is it important to make a list of actions that each character has done. On one hand the monster has committed arson when he set the De Lacey's home on fire, and this was the first real crime that we've seen the monster commit. Afterwards, we see the monster strangling William and framing Justine for the murder and later on in the story we see the monster kill Henry and also Elizabeth. Although the monster committed murder which is extremely bad and does make him monster, it is important to realize that the monster wasn't bad to begin with and it was only due to his alienation and isolation which eventually turned him into what he was. the monster had no parents and didn't have the benefit but having a family or anybody and was alone. Victor on the other hand had a family and even though his mother died he still had the rest of his family which was a luxury the monster wished he could have. Even the monster did commit murder, the circumstance which makes Victor more of a monster is the fact that even though he grew up with good circumstances and a relatively good family that

Even though some might argue that Victor deserves it, murder is still murder and it is inexcusable. For this reason, I agree with Victor and his decision to destroy the monster. The monster gives a compelling argument to Victor as to why you should create another monster for him. The monster believes that a companion is his only chance for happiness as he is shunned by everyone and the monster intimidates Victor with threats of death and suffering until victor agrees to create a female monster. When Victor actually does destroy the female monster he does so for several reasons, one of which is so they are unable to breed but it is quite obvious Victor could have solved this problem without killing the female monster. The reason I believe that Victor did the right thing is because the monster is bad and has done evil deeds and no one is to say whether or not he will just be content with one other monster. With one monster on the loose it is bad enough and two could have made it worse. It is obvious that it is impossible to tell what would have happened if Victor had made the second monster as it could have had either a great outcome or a terrible one. Even though it seems like I am over analyzing, it is also important to note that the monster was constantly watching Victor when